CSS MPT 2023
CSS MPT 2023 contains 157 multiple-choice questions drawn from the FPSC MPT syllabus. The screening test runs 200 minutes with a 33% pass mark (66/200) and no negative marking. The section-by-section split is below.
The full paper was withheld post-exam, this set includes only questions verified by multiple independent sources.
Section breakdown
| Section | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| General Knowledge | 78 | 50% |
| General Abilities | 26 | 17% |
| Islamic Studies | 20 | 13% |
| Urdu | 20 | 13% |
| English | 13 | 8% |
| Total | 157 |
| Section | Sub-section | Questions |
|---|---|---|
| General Knowledge | 5.2 Current Affairs | 24 |
| 5.1 Everyday Science | 22 | |
| 5.3 Pakistan Affairs | 22 | |
| 5.4 History | 7 | |
| 5.5 Geography | 2 | |
| 5.7 GK / World Trivia | 1 | |
| General Abilities | 4.4 Logical & Analytical Reasoning | 11 |
| 4.1 Arithmetic | 6 | |
| 4.3 Geometry | 5 | |
| 4.5 Mental Abilities | 2 | |
| 4.2 Algebra | 2 | |
| Islamic Studies | 1.1 Seerah & Early History | 12 |
| 1.2 Beliefs, Worship & Fiqh | 5 | |
| 1.3 Quran & Hadith Studies | 3 | |
| Urdu | 2.1 Grammar & Structure (قواعد) | 9 |
| 2.2 Vocabulary & Idioms | 5 | |
| 2.3 Translation & Paragraph Context | 3 | |
| 2.4 Literature & Poetry | 3 | |
| English | 3.2 Vocabulary | 13 |
How this paper compares
- General Knowledge is the largest section: 78 questions, 50% of the paper.
- Against CSS MPT 2023 Special Batch-I, the share of the paper changed like this:
- General Knowledge: 50% of the paper, up 25 points.
- English: 8% of the paper, down 17 points.
- General Abilities: 17% of the paper, down 13 points.
- Islamic Studies: 13% of the paper, up 3 points.
- Urdu: 13% of the paper, up 3 points.
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